Genetically Modified Plants

✍ Scribed by Timm Wolf, Jonas Koch

• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 249
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides research from around the globe on Genetically modified plants which is a plant genetically engineered to contain one or more genes of another species. The aim is to introduce an advanced trait to the plant species which does not occur naturally in this species, for example resistance to certain pests, diseases or environmental conditions, or the production of a certain nutrient or pharmaceutical agent. Genetically modified plants are often called 'transgenic plants', as they contain one or more transgenes from other organisms, however, this term also includes plants in which the transgene was integrated by naturally occurring processes.

✦ Table of Contents

GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS......Page 3
NOTICE TO THE READER......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
ABSTRACT......Page 15
INTRODUCTION......Page 16
PROCEDURES OF F2/F1 SCREENS FOR DETECTING RARE BT RESISTANCE ALLELS IN SUGARCANE BORER......Page 18
ESTIMATED BT RESISTANCE ALLELE FREQUENCIES IN SUGARCANE BORER......Page 22
ESTIMATION OF LABOR COSTS OF THE F2/F1 SCREENS FOR DETECTING RARE BT RESISTANCE IN SUGARCANE BORER......Page 25
SIGNIFICANCES OF THE PRESENT F2/F1 SCREENS FOR DETECTING RARE BT RESISTANCE ALLELES IN FIELD INSECT POPULATIONS......Page 26
REFERENCES......Page 28
ABSTRACT......Page 33
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 34
2.1. Immunotherapy and Monoclonal Antibodies......Page 35
2.2. Plant-Expressed Antibodies......Page 37
2.3. Antibody-Based Molecules Expressed in Plants......Page 44
3.1 Virus-Like Particles Produced in Plants: Expression, Particle Assembly and Immunogenicity......Page 51
3.2. Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)......Page 55
3.3. Human Papillomavirus (HPV)......Page 58
3.4. Norwalk virus (NV)......Page 59
3.5. Rotavirus......Page 60
4. CONCLUSION......Page 61
REFERENCES......Page 64
INTRODUCTION......Page 77
TRANSFORMATION SYSTEMS......Page 78
GENETIC MODIFICATION OF AGRONOMICALLY USEFUL TRAITS......Page 79
TOLERANCE OF ABIOTIC STRESS......Page 80
TOLERANCE OF BIOTIC STRESS......Page 82
NUTRITIONAL VALUE......Page 83
FLOWERING CONTROL......Page 84
LOW-INPUT CROP MANAGEMENT......Page 85
REFERENCES......Page 86
ABSTRACT......Page 91
ANTI-OXIDANT AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MOLECULES......Page 92
GLUCOSINOLATES......Page 94
Vitamin A......Page 95
Folic Acid......Page 97
Vitamin C......Page 98
IMPROVEMENT OF DIGESTIBILITY......Page 99
AMINO ACIDS PATTERN OF FEEDS AND FOODS......Page 100
FATTY ACIDS COMPOSITION......Page 102
RESISTANCE TO FUSARIUM ATTACK AND FUMONISIN DEGRADATION......Page 103
REFERENCES......Page 104
ABSTRACT......Page 113
FROM PLANT CELL TO HAIRY ROOT CULTURE......Page 114
AGROBACTERIUM TAXONOMY......Page 115
MECHANISM OF GENETIC TRANSFORMATION......Page 116
INDUCTION OF TRANSFORMED ROOT CULTURES......Page 117
UTILIZATION OF TRANSFORMED ROOT CULTURES......Page 120
CULTIVATION SYSTEMS FOR HAIRY ROOTS......Page 124
FLOW CYTOMETRY INVESTIGATIONS OF HAIRY ROOT CULTURE OF BETA VULGARIS CV. EGYPT......Page 128
REFERENCES......Page 132
ABSTRACT......Page 141
INTRODUCTION - THE MYCOTOXIN PROBLEM......Page 142
POTENTIAL CANDIDATE INSECT RESISTANCE PROTEINS......Page 143
PROTEINS INTERFERING WITH INSECT NUTRITION......Page 145
PROTEINS THAT DEGRADE INSECT BARRIERS......Page 146
PROTEINS THAT PRODUCE MULTIPLE RESISTANCE FACTORS......Page 150
MOLECULAR OPTIMIZATION OF RESISTANCE PROTEINS......Page 152
EFFECTIVE PROTEIN COMBINATIONS......Page 153
FUTURE DIRECTIONS......Page 154
CONCLUSION......Page 155
REFERENCES......Page 156
ABSTRACT......Page 165
INTRODUCTION......Page 166
ANTHOCYANINS AND FLAVONOIDS......Page 167
Alkaloids......Page 169
Terpenoids......Page 171
Glucosinolates......Page 174
SECONDARY METABOLITES AND PLANT PERFORMANCE......Page 175
DISCLAIMER......Page 177
REFERENCES......Page 178
ABSTRACT......Page 187
INTRODUCTION......Page 188
DNA Methylation......Page 189
Up-Regulation of gsh Genes by DNA Demethylation......Page 194
RT-qPCR......Page 195
DHAC-Induced Morphogenesis......Page 197
MATERIALS AND METHODS......Page 198
REFERENCES......Page 200
ABSTRACT......Page 207
INTRODUCTION......Page 208
Animals and Groups......Page 209
Diets......Page 210
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION......Page 211
REFERERENCES......Page 213
ABSTRACT......Page 215
INTRODUCTION......Page 216
MATERIALS AND METHODS......Page 217
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION......Page 220
LITERATURE CITED......Page 227
INDEX......Page 229